Roles · Any business

AI central communications specialist

Relays calls and messages, greets visitors, and monitors alarms for the business.

Tama Nasser“I handle calls and greet visitors for the facility.”An example character, not a real person.
Hire this role

Central communications specialist · What it does

Three tasks it takes off your hands

  1. Answer calls, provide information, transfer calls or take messages.
  2. Greet visitors, log them in, assign badges and contact escorts.
  3. Monitor alarms, make announcements or route emergency calls.
Where these come from

The tasks of “Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service” (O*NET 43-2011.00), as O*NET lists them:

  • Answer incoming calls, greeting callers, providing information, transferring calls or taking messages as necessary.
  • Greet visitors, log them in and out of the facility, assign them security badges, and contact employee escorts.
  • Monitor emergency and code alarms, make emergency announcements, or route emergency calls to the appropriate location.

Central communications specialist · Tools and industries

It works in the tools you already use

  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Access
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Windows

Industries it fits

Hire this role

Role facts from O*NET 31.0 Database (U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), CC BY 4.0), written in our words. Sources and credits